Pink Lady looks forward to meeting its partners in Madrid at Fruit Attraction, which kicks off tomorrow (Hall 10, stand 10 FO2). read more

Francesco Lollobrigida, Minister of Agriculture for Food Sovereignty and Forestry at the signing of the Pact on the Tricolour Quarter at Palazzo Chigi emphasises the importance of the fair distribution of added value without burdening the weak links in the chain. read more

The second phase of Cherry Growers Australia andAgriculture Victoria's cherry traceability pilot project will begin this season with Victorian cherry grower-exporter CherryHill Orchards to test traceability from producer to customer. read more

September is the harvest not only of apples, but also of minikiwi. However, the species is still quite under-recognised in Poland and treated as a supplement to orchard production rather than an alternative to apple production. read more

According toEastFruit, the season of exports of Moroccanfrozen raspberries to Spain ended with a result of selling more but earning less. For four consecutive years, imports of frozen berries from Morocco to Spanish market has been growing, and the export volume in the 2022/23 season reached a
read more

According to EastFruit, Egypt has doubled its exports of frozen strawberries to the EU market over the past five years and continued to increase its exports this year. In the first seven months of this year, the export of these berries in frozen form from Egypt to EU countries reached a record
read more

Catering giant Sodexo has announced its latest food waste reduction figures to mark the UN’s International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction. read more

The Apofruit Group, with Apofruit Italia, Canova and Mediterraneo Group, confirms its presence once again this year at Fruit Attraction, the international fruit and vegetable fair scheduled to take place at the Madrid exhibition centre from 3 to 5 October. The top management of the cooperative
read more

AECOC has brought together all the agents in the food value chain at the 11th Meeting Point Against Food Waste, held at CaixaForum Madrid. At the inauguration of the event, the director general of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, José
read more

The Apofruit Group, with Apofruit Italia, Canova and Mediterraneo Group, confirms its presence once again this year at Fruit Attraction, the international fruit and vegetable fair scheduled to take place at the Madrid exhibition centre from 3 to 5 October. The top management of the cooperative
read more

The Australian melon industry is calling for a stop to the media scaremongering of consumers about the current price of watermelon. In recent days watermelon prices have been portrayed as ‘skyrocketing’, ‘expensive’ and ‘price surge’ in Australia, which is factually incorrect. read more

Lebanese grapes would do much better if markets like South Africa would be open to them. Ghassan Awdi, Vice President of Lebanese grape exporter ETS Awdi Enterprise, sees strong demand for their grapes, despite not many markets being available to the company for export: “This season there has
read more

The brassica campaign forTop Melon started a few weeks ago. The company from Pantalla (Perugia), which is already one of Italy's leading producers of melons and watermelons, has in recent years expanded its range to include these typical autumn-winter vegetables. read more

'En óf je witlof lust' ('And if you like chicory').This chicory campaign launched in the Netherlands on Wednesday, September 27, at Oxin Growers. With growers, traders, suppliers, and the press in attendance, almost 18 months of work and research were transformed into a campaign intended to
read more

Reduced VAT rate on fruit and vegetables has led to increased consumption of imported products - Krauze read more

Earlier, EastFruit wrote that three months from the beginning of the season, the volume of pear exports from Uzbekistan was 2.1 times lower than last year. One of the main factors for the sharp decline in the volume of Uzbek pear exports this season was the relatively high price for these
read more

Samskip and Boluda Lines will jointly launch shortsea container services connecting Santander, Dublin, and Liverpool in a new commitment to clients in Spain, Ireland, and the UK that also delivers a strategic expansion for Samskip’s and Boluda’s European sustainable transport network. read more

The new season of Chinese-produced avocados has begun to enter the market. It is reported that thanks to good weather, avocado production and quality have improved this year. Yunnan is still the main avocado-producing area in China. The main cultivated variety is Hass. In recent years, the
read more

In a country where agriculture plays an important role in ensuring food security and driving economic development, programs that support and empower young farmers are nothing short of essential. The Department of Agriculture's Young Farmers Challenge Program (YFC) stands as a beacon of hope,
read more

Recently, the Dutch branch of Infarm, which had already scaled down its activities in the Netherlands, was declared bankrupt. The vertical farming company had already been granted a deferment of payment. That suspension status has now been converted into bankruptcy. The company was registered
read more